Improvement in machine for sawing and splitting wood



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Lette/rs Patent No. 98,206, dated December 21, 1 869.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR SIAWING- AND SPALITTING- WOOD.

t The Schedule referred to n these Letters Patent and making part of the same -hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description of the method of consti-notion and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specifica-- tion, in whichy Figure l" is a birds-eye View;

Figure 2 'is alsectional view of the iron disk and slot;

Figure 3, a side view; and l g Y Figure 4, is a view off the splitting-knife and nut.

a is the. frame, on which the machine restsl' b is a driving-pulley, attached to the end of the arbor el.

c is a cast-iron disk, in which is the slot h, as seen` in iig. 2, for fastening the splitting-knife e, which is held in position'by means of the nut andscrew, as seen in figs. l and 4.

f is a circular saw, fastened to the arbor d.

The cast-iron disk is circular, and smooth ou the inside next to the saw, and of suicient weight to answer the purpose of a balanceqvheel. It isl movable on the arbor l1, and held in position, at any desired point, Aby any-ot' tbe known Vdevices used for such `pur` pose.

The slot h, tig.' 2, in the disk c, is so constructed that the splitting-knife. ercan be moved toward and from the centre ofthe disk, and, when in position, the end farthest'froin the disk will be about one-half` of an inch from the saw, and will revolve in or near the san-1e circle with thel teeth ofthe saw, so that in cach v revolution of the machine, the knife e will split the wood to, or nearly to the depth cut by each revolution ofthe saw. l f

The length of the knife e and the distance of the iron disk from the saw are determined by the length into which the wood is t-o `be cnt for kindling-pnrposes.

The machine is operated by power applied in any of the ordinary ways, to the driving-pulley b.

vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a rotary sawing and splitting-machine, the combination of an iron disk and splitting-knife with a circular saw, each constructed,l and the whole arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

JOHN A. TAPLIN.

Witnesses:

ELLIOT T. FARB,- DARIUS MEAD. 

